London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1765. 70,[2]pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Engraved frontis. Small chip to blank margin of frontis at gutter, otherwise very good. First published anonymously in 1716.
[Athens, GA: J. S. Peterson, 1853]. 28pp. Sewn. Two terminal leaves a bit shorter than the rest of the textblock, otherwise very good. However, the incredibly fragile printed wrapper is in shards and preserved separately. A scarce antebellum printing of Aeschylus. The wrapper bears the full title - THE PROMETHUS.....
Paris: Chez Robert, 1797. 72;108;xvi,88pp. 12mo. Contemporary green morocco, a.e.g. Frontis to first and third titles, wanting the frontis from the second. Foxing, some scattered tidemarks in third title, binding a bit edgeworn, with a strip of dulling to lower board; just good and sound. Early editions of these complimentary.....
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1894. Gilt decorated blue cloth, t.e.g. Spine darkened and a little frayed at extremities, short tear and crease to front free endsheet, else good. With Richard W. Gilder's tiny book label. Revised edition, originally published in MERCEDES, AND.....
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1889. Vellum backed gilt decorated cloth, t.e.g. Some darkening to spine, cloth a little rubbed at tips, but a good copy. First edition. A decent association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet: "To R.W......
[ Greenbrae, CA]: The Allen Press, 1978. Large quarto. Printed boards. Fine, with prospectus laid in. First printing in this format. One of 130 copies printed by hand in Menhart Unciala and Solemnis types on English handmade paper, with decorations by Victor Seward handcolored by Dorothy Allen.
New York: Privately Printed, 1834. [6],[7]-124,[2],6pp. Large octavo. Disbound, without wrappers. Rather hand-smudged, grubby and soiled, library stamp on title and terminal page, a few pencil notes. Frankly, only a fair, but complete, copy. First edition. Inscribed on the blank preceding the title: "To The New York Socty. Library -.....
Paris: Chez Thomas Guillain, 1686. [4],56pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, marbled endsheets. Some foxing and mild discolorations, spine rather rubbed (but sound), bookplate, but a good copy. First edition. An uncommon book: OCLC/Worldcat locates a copy at Harvard, and another copy at Yale as part of a collective issue of.....
London: Thomas Dolby, 1825. [4],61,[3]pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume. First edition, produced and published posthumously. Faint old stamp of a defunct mercantile library in one margin, otherwise a very good, fresh copy.
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844. viii,[17] -167,[9]pp. Contemporary boards, printed spine label. Engraved frontis. Endsheets foxed, spine extremities worn (with surface chips), still a sound copy. First U.S. edition, with a "Notice of the Author," by "R.W.G." and dated at Philadelphia, Nov. 1843, suggesting the edition may not simply be.....
London: Published by John Cumberland, 1826. 16pp. Extracted from bound volume. A few creases and smudges, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 9 October 1826. Uncommon; no copies are reported in OCLC/Worldcat or NSTC, though the libretto for the Boston production.....
Paris: Par La Compagnie des Libraires, 1746. [42],542;528;[18],535,[3]pp. Three volumes. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt extra, gilt labels. Titles in red and black. Very shallow loss along the crowns of two spines, otherwise a very good, crisp set. A handsome collected edition of the works of the contemporary, and.....
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Robert Bell, 1776. [9],[6]-49,[1]pp. (page numbers 31-32 repeated). Octavo. Extracted. Lacking the frontis, scattered foxing, small tears at lower edge and in gutter of the title-leaf, terminal leaf badly stained, otherwise just a fair but textually sound copy of a rare book. First edition. The.....
London: Edward Bumpus, 1890. Quarto. Original printed wrappers. First edition, issued as the fourth in a series of uniform printings of Bridges's plays by Bumpus and associates. Wrappers a bit darkened and frayed at extremities and overlap edges, as usual, but a good copy, with the booklabel of Herbert B......
London: Geo. Bell & Sons, 1891. Parchment boards, lettered in gilt, t.e.g. First edition, limited issue. One of 110 numbered copies on handmade paper. The fragile, impractical spine is tanned, rubbed and cracking slightly, other a good copy.
London: Edward Bumpus, 1890. Quarto. Original printed wrappers. First edition, issued as the second in a series of uniform printings of Bridges's plays by Bumpus and associates. Wrappers a bit darkened and frayed at extremities and overlap edges, as usual, but a good copy, with the booklabel of Herbert B......
London: Edward Bumpus, 1890. Quarto. Original printed wrappers. First edition, issued as the second in a series of uniform printings of Bridges's plays by Bumpus and associates. Wrappers a bit darkened and frayed at extremities and overlap edges, as usual, but a very good copy.
London: Edward Bumpus, 1890. Quarto. Original printed wrappers. First edition, issued as the third in a series of uniform printings of Bridges's plays by Bumpus and associates. Wrappers a bit darkened and frayed at extremities and overlap edges, as usual, quarter size splashmark on front wrapper, tiny, faint withdrawal stamp.....
London: Printed for W. Feales ... [et al], 1735. [6],[7]-111,[1]pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Frontis. Title in red and black. Page reference in ink in lower margin of frontis, scattered foxing, small blank corner torn from terminal leaf, otherwise a good copy. One of a number of later.....
London: Printed for H. Woodgate [et al], 1759. 71,[1]pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. A bit of light spotting, handsoiling and foxing, faint ghost of an early ownership inscription on title, but a good copy. Denoted the Third Edition. First published in 1717. Based on Calderon de la Barca's.....
London: Printed for T. Cadell ... 1784. [12],68 [i.e. 76]; 46,v-iv [sic]pp. Octavo. Old calf. Spine and joints rather worn, foxing, tidemark in foremargin of a few leaves, discoloration in lower margin of pp.20-21 of first work, bookplate. Half morocco slipcase. A "New Edition" of Burgoyne's popular play, first published.....
Paris: Alphonse Leduc, [ ca. 1891?]. Folio. Printed wrappers. Extracted from bound volume, with modest residue on spine, else very nice. Inscribed presentation copy from Busnach, dated 1899. Busnach was a prolific dramatist, collaborating on adaptations of three novels by Zola, and coauthor of the mystery novel, LA FILLE DE.....
London: John Murray, 1817. 80pp. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume, lacking the half-title. A few corners creased, somewhat smudged and occasionally dusty, just near good. First edition, Wise's third "issue" with the added quote on the title and the Davison imprint on the verso of the last leaf. Due.....
New York: Samuel French, [nd, but ca. 1855?]. 19pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. Early American printing of this popular play, first published and produced in London in 1849. Issued as number XXXIII of French's Minor Drama series. The first American edition appeared in 1850 under Taylor's imprint. "The California Gold.....
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson [et al], 1753. 104,[2]pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Frontispiece. The epilogue leaf was reversed when bound. Some minor foxing and a couple of small marginal tea splashmarks, otherwise very good. Denoted the "Fifth Edition," first published in London in 1721. Founded.....
